Chapter 979
: I'm afraid my brother will suffer, and I'm also afraid my brother will drive
Dajun and Xiaoxiao, the couple, said almost the exact same thing in front of Lu Yang and Yin Mingyue.
They generally disagreed with Lu Fan marrying Gong Yu'er.
Why should I?
I was here first.
I told you I wanted to give my baby girl to your son, but you disagreed and made up the excuse that we share the same surname and clan to fob us off. Now you're begging to marry our daughter. Isn't that looking down on us?
The army is actually doing alright.
After all, he had already accepted the reasons Lu Yang had given him for rejecting him before: they were from the same clan, shared the same surname, and went back four generations, they all shared the same ancestor.
He went back and asked his grandfather about the matter.
Where is the old man?
He was old, but not completely senile. He only said one sentence: "Don't consider this. It's not appropriate. Although it's not prohibited by law, it goes against ethics and clan values. If this goes through, it will be ridiculed when it gets back to the village. I think we should just forget about it and not make things difficult for Yangwazi."
The old man actually knew everything perfectly well.
Knowing that his eldest grandson had already mentioned this matter to Lu Yang once, and that Lu Yang had not agreed at the time, even if he tried to bring it up again later, there was basically no hope of success.
It even makes people look down on it.
He may be old, but he's not senile. Who could possibly be fooled by his grandson's wife's little schemes?
Could he possibly fool Yangwa, who started from scratch and made such a name for himself in just a few years?
How could he possibly fool that seemingly unassuming but actually meticulous young wife?
Don't even think about it.
With his granddaughter-in-law's limited cunning, she could guess what he was going to do the moment she bent over.
So, after learning about the situation that day, he specifically called his granddaughter-in-law over and gave her a scolding. He solemnly warned the couple not to mention the matter of arranging a marriage between their children to Lu Wa Zi and his wife again. He told them to let the matter rest and that they would deal with the future later, as the children's future depended on their own destiny.
Seeing the old man get angry.
Dajun and Xiaoxiao both agreed at the time.
I promise you won't bring this up again in front of the old man!
But now?
Da Jun opened his mouth several times in front of Lu Yang as if to speak, but in the end, he didn't say anything. He endured the pain, but a man's word is his bond. Since he had promised his father not to bring up the matter again, he would definitely not bring it up again.
However, he smacked his lips.
For some reason, my mouth suddenly felt very sour.
Just then, Gong Ping'an managed to utter only one sentence after a long pause: "In principle... I have no objection, but my partner has to agree as well."
Look at this, still talking about principles?
He blurted out, "Look how smug you are. Keep pretending, keep pretending, hehe. I don't believe your wife would disagree."
Look how sour he is.
Gong Ping'an ignored him, only giving him a deep look before going back to his training.
Lu Yang patted Da Jun on the shoulder, "Good job, kid. You've got some skills now, you've made something of yourself. When my brother Ping An comes to spar with you later, don't panic and only think about running away."
Dajun's legs went weak involuntarily.
There's nothing he can do; he simply can't beat them. It's been like this for over a decade. He always loses completely. Whenever the two of them start fighting, he's never won a single time.
Facts are facts.
But he wouldn't admit it!
In a moment of impulsiveness, he stretched his neck and yelled at Gong Ping'an's back, "Come on then, who's afraid of who? Old Gong, you just wait, I'll beat you to a pulp."
Lu Yang closed his eyes and covered his forehead with his hand.
It’s over.
It's completely over.
That shout of "Old Gong" successfully ignited my brother Ping An's anger. That brat Da Jun will get at least two or three punches later.
Thinking of this!
He even started thinking about whether he should go back and prepare some liniment, safflower oil, and Yunnan Baiyao for his brothers in advance.
And so, after Gong Ping'an had run far away, Lu Yang and Da Jun were not idle either. Both of them had their own thoughts, but they also began to stretch their muscles and gradually caught up with Gong Ping'an.
The three of them were playfully bickering, but it didn't affect their exercise.
This has been the case for many years.
Gong Ping'an was responsible for being extremely concise with his words.
Dajun is responsible for the comedy, and then gets beaten up for provoking others, always ending up with a bruised and swollen face.
Lu Yang was in charge of mediating between the two of them, acting as a peacemaker.
Not to mention, they ran further and further away, and no one knew where they went to practice their martial arts.
Upstairs, Xiaoxiao stammered for a long time, and finally, in a moment of impulse, she actually came up with a reason to ruin the marriage.
What's the reason?
"I disagree, but... I'm not jealous. It's just that my son also has his eye on Aunt Wei Shu and Uncle Ping An's daughter. You see, isn't this a coincidence?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent.
Yin Mingyue frowned.
Wei Shu also frowned.
Both women turned their gaze to Xiaoxiao's face, trying to glean something from it.
Wei Shu took a deep breath and asked her, "You said your son also has his eye on my daughter. You have two sons, which one are you referring to specifically?"
If it had been someone else who said that, she would have ignored them completely.
But Xiaoxiao is different; Xiaoxiao is her classmate.
Both of them married veterans.
Lu Dajun and her husband were not only comrades-in-arms, but also Lu's right-hand men, his best friends and brothers for decades.
She simply doesn't consider this classmate relationship.
We also have to consider Lu Dajun's true thoughts.
Where is Xiaoxiao?
Pressed by her question, I blurted out, "The big one, the big one, is the one in my house."
Wei Shu frowned again and continued to ask her, "But your son is younger than my daughter. My daughter is seven years old this year, while your sons are only five and less than three years old. Only Lu Fan is about the same age as my Yu'er. This matter..."
He hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
In fact, by this point in the conversation, it was already clear that she wanted Xiaoxiao to swallow back what she had said.
In case she actually refuses.
It might damage the harmony among the sisters and even affect the relationships between the men behind them.
But Xiaoxiao couldn't understand.
She's already said it, so why should she swallow it back?
No matter what, we have to give it a try.
So, taking advantage of the fact that Yin Mingyue was only frowning and hadn't interrupted, she took the initiative and said, forcing herself to speak: "So what if he's younger? As the saying goes, 'A woman three years older brings good fortune.' My son is younger than your daughter, but didn't you marry a younger man and are you happy now? Do you dare say you're not doing well?"
Back in the day, my best friend and I, who shared a dorm room, sometimes even used the same pair of chopsticks when we ate.
She didn't make any unreasonable demands. She simply wanted her son to compete fairly with Mingyue's son. One family had one daughter, and two families were interested in her. In the future, whoever Yuyue took a fancy to, she could marry. What's wrong with that?
Wei Shu was stumped by her question and didn't know how to answer.
Yes!
She also married a younger man.
I was not just three years older than my husband, I was four years older, but we still have a harmonious and happy marriage now.
For a moment, I didn't know what to say to Xiaoxiao, my old classmate.
So she looked at Yin Mingyue with pleading eyes.
The trouble should end it.
This was proposed by Yin Mingyue, and now that someone wants to steal it, it is naturally up to Yin Mingyue to stop them.
However, Yin Mingyue is now in a difficult position.
Speaking too harshly won't work, but speaking too softly might not be enough to make Xiaoxiao's sister-in-law back down.
I pondered for a long time.
In the end, she had no choice but to leave this difficult problem to Lu Yang.
She immediately said, "How about we eat first? By the time my husband gets back, your husband should be back from his morning exercise too. Let's ask them what they think."
This matter was like a ball, and it ended up at Lu Yang's feet.
The dinner table fell silent for a short time.
Everyone started burying their heads in their porridge.
Xiaoxiao, on the other hand, was extremely pleased with herself. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her idea was truly ingenious.
If this succeeds...
It's not much worse than marrying your unborn daughter into a wealthy family.
No, it should be even more perfect.
After all, no matter how good the son-in-law is, he belongs to someone else's family. As the old saying goes, a married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl. No matter how much the mother-in-law benefits, how much benefit can she really gain?
But the son is different. He is going to marry the only daughter of my old classmate. Then all the money that my old classmate and his wife have saved will belong to their future son and daughter-in-law.
If it belongs to them, what's the difference between it and it belongs to me, their mother?
All these years, haven't I been regretting that I can't compare to this old classmate in anything?
She's the female CEO of a multi-billion dollar business empire with a vast fortune, reportedly worth over 100 million. And what about her?
It's nothing.
She was just an ordinary housewife.
But if my son were to marry the only daughter of the other family in the future, wouldn't that settle the matter?
"Okay!"
"Now let's see how you put on airs in front of me."
"When my son marries your worthless daughter in the future, everything you have will belong to my son. Don't blame me for this; it's your fault for not being able to give birth to a son."
The more she thought about it, the happier she felt.
I almost burst out laughing.
Even my usual morning sickness didn't occur this morning because I was so happy.
But, not long after, how should I put it? She couldn't laugh anymore.
Because soon Lu Yang returned from his morning exercise with Gong Ping'an and Da Jun.
I quickly washed my face.
It was then served at the dining table.
and then?
Before Yin Mingyue and Wei Shu could speak, Xiaoxiao blurted it out herself.
He even went so far as to say, "It's all because Yu'er is so adorable. Not only does Sister-in-law Mingyue like her, but I like her very much too. What do you grown men think? Why don't we do as I say and make this a happy occasion? Let's arrange betrothals for the three of them as children, and when Yu'er grows up, she can marry whoever she likes?"
One woman, arranging betrothals between two families—how could she even bring herself to say that?
Gong Ping'an's face darkened upon hearing this.
Where is the army?
He opened his mouth, wanting to criticize his wife, but after being glared at by her, he shrank back and pretended to lower his head to drink his porridge.
What about Lu Yang?
At first, he looked a little surprised.
But he quickly calmed down and even guessed Xiaoxiao's thoughts in an instant.
This is a case of failing to marry off a daughter to a wealthy family, and now wanting a son to marry a rich heiress.
He thought to himself: Maybe they're still hoping to profit from the family's misfortune.
Fine, for Dajun's sake, I won't expose him.
By the way, this is also a good opportunity to provoke my sister Wei Shu and brother Ping An.
Thinking about this...
Lu Yang chuckled, "I think it's not impossible. How about we agree on this? But let's skip the engagement banquet to avoid the situation where one woman is engaged to two families, which would sound bad if word got out."
Upon hearing this, Xiaoxiao's face lit up with excitement.
Even Da Jun's eyes lit up at this moment!
Just then, Lu Yang changed the subject and looked at Wei Shu and Gong Ping'an, who had remained silent, saying in a half-joking manner, "Hey you two, shouldn't you give us an answer? Are you sure you're okay with it? If not, just say so sooner rather than later. I know you two only have this one daughter, and you might have to find a son-in-law to live with you in the future. We're all good brothers and family, so I won't force you on this kind of thing."
When Lu Yang said those words.
Even Wei Shu and Gong Ping'an were momentarily taken aback.
The couple never considered having a son-in-law live with them.
But... now that Lu Yang has brought it up, how should I put it?
They were actually quite tempted.
Subconsciously, the couple exchanged a glance.
Gong Ping'an was about to open his mouth when Wei Shu pressed her finger to his lips and shook her head. "Don't say anything, honey. I know what to do. Let's start trying to conceive after we get back today."
She had made up her mind. While she was still young and able to have children, she couldn't let her life be filled with regrets, especially since she had such a loving husband. She had to leave an heir for the Gong family.
He was shocked to hear his wife say that they would start trying to conceive from today.
Gong Ping'an's expression instantly became a kaleidoscope of emotions, somewhat incredulous. This man of steel was actually stammering, a rare occurrence for him. "You... wife, are you serious?"
Does he not want a son?
No, he wanted it too much.
However, his wife has been busy with her career all these years and has already given birth to a daughter for him. He should be content and shouldn't force his wife to give up her most beloved career just because he wants a son.
Looking at her husband, who was acting like a child, Wei Shu smiled and said, "What? Did you think I was lying to you?"
As she spoke, she looked at Lu Yang and said, "Boss, it won't be long before I need to take another extended maternity leave. You're not going to refuse, are you?"
"Clap clap clap..."
Lu Yang clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "Approved? Of course I'll approve it! If you ask me, it should have been done long ago. At worst, I'll give you remote work permission from home. Don't worry, the position of group president still belongs to you, Sister Wei Shu."
As he spoke, he winked at Gong Ping'an, as if to say: See, kid, you should thank me properly. If it weren't for me, how could your wife have agreed to have a son for you? (End of Chapter)